Apes and Monkeys 



a hundred yards away in the grey evenin 



boulder about 

 light. 



But it was only a very old baboon, which was survey- 

 ing us, and which had all the appearance of a man, both 

 to the beaters and myself. It was covering the retreat of 

 the herd. Unlike meerkats, of which there are three 

 kinds in the Masai lands, and, unlike other kinds of monkeys, 



CAPTURING A GALAGO 



baboons are notable for their sociability. In captivity 

 they become most attached to their masters, or to other 

 people they come in contact with ; but they divine at 

 once where there is no sympathy, and hate accordingly. 

 A specimen I possessed was extremely fond of me, but 

 refused all the advances of an expert animal-tamer, who 

 had subjugated numerous other animals to his will. 



For many years, in Moshi, another baboon was kept 



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